Cape Prescott
# Cape Prescott

Cape Prescott is a headland in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada.

The cape was named by the 1875–1876 British Arctic Expedition led by Captain George Nares. There is an abundance of walruses in the area.

## Geography

Cape Prescott is located in the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, southwest of the Allman Bay and of the Darling Peninsula in the Nares Strait area. Cape D’Urville is located 5.5 km (3.4 mi) to the northeast, and Cape Hawks to the ENE, on the other side of the mouth of Allman Bay. Norman Lockyer Island lies 9 km (5.6 mi) WSW of Cape Prescott.

